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Elizabeth's mother, Rebecca Gerard (1708-1734/35), was a landed heiress from Maryland.<ref name="Yentsch64">Yentsch, p.64</ref> Rebecca was just sixteen when the couple were married on November 21, 1722 by the rector of Queen Anne's parish,<ref name="Yentsch64"/> a marriage which "enlivened the whole winter season with entertainments for the new first lady", wrote Aubrey Land.<ref name="Yentsch64"/> She was an only child and on her marriage her property, a plantation near [[Queen Anne, Prince George's County, Maryland|Queen Anne's Town]] in [[Prince George's County]], passed to Captain Calvert.<ref name="Yentsch65">Yentsch, p.65</ref>
Elizabeth had a brother, Charles (1723–1723/4), who died in infancy,<ref name="Yentsch66">Yentsch, p.66</ref> and a sister, Anne (1724–{{circa|1737}}), who died
Elizabeth's godfather was Captain Calvert's cousin, [[Benedict Leonard Calvert]], governor of Maryland from 1727 to 1731, and second son of [[Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore]]. Benedict Calvert died of consumption in 1732, while sailing to his home in England.<ref name="Yentsch93">Yentsch, p.93</ref> In his will, which he drew up before leaving Maryland, he left Elizabeth, then just one year old, a slave boy named Osmyn.<ref name="Yentsch61">Yentsch, p.61</ref>
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[[File:Eleanor Calvert.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Miniature of [[Eleanor Calvert]] (1758–1811), eldest surviving daughter of Elizabeth and Benedict Swingate Calvert, c. 1780.]]
Elizabeth Calvert married her cousin [[Benedict Swingate Calvert]] (c. 1730-1788), on April 21, 1748, in [[St. Anne's Church (Annapolis, Maryland)|St Ann's Church]], [[Annapolis]]. The couple were married by the Reverend John Gordon.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mq5sidFiyHUC&pg=PA9 Russell, George, p.8, ''The Ark and the Dove Adventurers''] Retrieved Jan 28 2010</ref> Benedict Swingate Calvert was the illegitimate son of [[Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore]], the third Proprietor Governor of [[Maryland]], and a wealthy planter. They had thirteen children, though only four survived to mature adulthood.
Elizabeth's husband Benedict Calvert inherited a {{convert|4000|acre|km2|adj=on}} plantation known as [[Rosaryville State Park|Mount Airy]],<ref name="Yentsch261">Yentsch, p.261</ref> near [[Upper Marlboro, Maryland|Upper Marlboro]] in [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's County]], [[Maryland]], where he grew tobacco.<ref name="fwp">[https://books.google.com/books?id=K6BlU1wPV7oC&pg=PA465 Maryland: Federal Writer's Project, p.465, ''A Guide to the Old Line State'', Scholarly Pr (1973).] Retrieved Jan 20 2010</ref> Mount Airy was most likely a gift from his father, Lord Baltimore, who had ensured that Calvert would be provided with lands and revenues.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=m9rxARyL5hcC&pg=PA17 Callcott, Margaret Law, p.17, ''Mistress of Riversdale: The Plantation Letters of Rosalie Stier Calvert'', Johns Hopkins University Press (1992)] Retrieved Feb 1 2010</ref> Mount Airy had originally been a hunting lodge for his great-grandfather [[Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore]].<ref name="Yentsch262">Yentsch, p.262</ref> By the 1770s Benedict Swingate Calvert controlled a large and profitable estate of around {{convert|4000|acre|km2}}, with upwards of 150 slaves. He was also an enthusiastic horse breeder, training thoroughbreds and running them in competitions in Maryland and Virginia.<ref name="Yentsch264">Yentsch, p.264</ref>
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* [[Eleanor Calvert]] (1753-1811), twin sister of Elizabeth.<ref name="s3.amazonaws.com">{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/artbma/documents/BMA_American-Collections-Teachers-Guide_L1.pdf|title=Young America: Teacher's Guide, American Collection|publisher=Baltimore Museum of Art|year=2014|access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref> Married [[John Parke Custis]] (1754–1781), son of Daniel Parke Custis and [[Martha Washington]] and the stepson of [[George Washington]] on February 3, 1774. Washington himself did not approve of the match owing to the couple's youth.<ref name="fwp"/><ref name="Letters of George Washington">[https://books.google.com/books?id=2ao-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA370 Letters of George Washington] Retrieved July 31, 2010</ref> Eleanor and John were the parents of [[George Washington Parke Custis]] and [[Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis]]. She later remarried in 1783 David Stuart.
* Elizabeth Calvert (1753–1814), twin sister of Eleanor.<ref name="s3.amazonaws.com"/> Married the physician Charles Steuart (1750–1798/1822), third son of Calvert's former guardian George H. Steuart on June 15, 1780.<ref>Nelker, p.32</ref>
* Charles Calvert (1756–1773), who was sent to be educated in England at [[Eton College]] and died there aged 17
* Philip Calvert, died young
* Leonard Calvert, died young
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